Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (4): 697.

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Studies on the Relaxivities of Novel MRI Contrast Agents──Two Water-soluble Derivatives of Gd@C82

LU Xing1, XU Jian-Xun1, SHI Zu-Jin1, SUN Bao-Yun1, GU Zhen-Nan1, LIU Hong-Dong2, HAN Hong-Bin2   

  1. 1. College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;
    2. Irradiation Department of the Third Hospital, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2003-06-12 Online:2004-04-24 Published:2004-04-24

Abstract: The water proton relaxivities of two water-soluble derivatives of Gd@C82 [Gd@C82 (OH)22 and Gd@C82 (OH)6(NHCH2CH2SO3H)8] were determined to be r1=42.3 mmol-1 ·L·s-1 , r2=90.9 mmol-1 ·L·s-1 ; r1=4.5 mmol-1 ·L·s-1 , r2=8.9 mmol-1 ·L·s-1 , respectively at (37±1) ℃ by a 1.5 T spin-echo method. The relaxation mechanism was discussed and the reason why the relaxivities of Gd@C82 (OH)22 is an order of magnitude higher than that of Gd@C82 (OH)6 (NHCH2CH2SO3H)8 were explained.

Key words: Endohedral metallofullerenes, Water-soluble derivatives, MRI contrast agent, Relaxivity

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